Description

“Aquila” is a sailing and cruising yacht, and not only that ... she is an internationally known and admired Hallberg Rassy 42E, built in Sweden in 1981. She carries hull number 31 of the 255 42s which were built from 1980 until 1991.

Hallberg Rassy is regarded as one of the top European yacht builders.

“Aquila” is the kind of yacht which is spacious, comfortable and extremely seaworthy as proven during her long world cruise – she has seen many countries and islands!

We have been asked many times, “What does the name “Aquila” mean?”
There are two associations with her name: “Aquila” is identified as an eagle in the Greek mythology, and, in addition, it is the name of a constellation.

Specifications

Accommodation

Saloon with two single berths
Pioneer CD player
Two double cabins
Plenty of drawers and lockers, including two for hanging clothes

Head with washbasin, electric toilet and shower
Head with washbasin and manual toilet
Calorifier

Two-burner gas stove with oven (original and working well)
Two 10 lb aluminium gas cylinders
One 10 lb composite gas cylinder
Electric refrigerator
Double sink with tap
Pressurized hot and cold water
Five hatches
Ten portlights
Three skylights

Construction

GRP

Equipment

Steering:
Pedestal cable wheel steering
Raymarine autopilot (2003) and Autohelm linear drive
Hydrovane wind steering (2007) (extensively used by previous owner up to 2013, never used thereafter)
Emergency tiller

Lofrans Cayman 88 windlass (works when pulling up the anchor)

Electrics:
7 x 100 Amp hour batteries
Solar panels 3 x 55 Watt
Solar panel 1 x 30 Watt
Steca PR2020 solar charge controller (2016)
Mastervolt MASS 12/25 battery charger
SureSine-300 (300 Watt pure sine wave inverter)

Ground tackle:
70 m 5/16th inch high test chain (type 40)
32 kg Delta
Various spare anchors: Delta, Spade, CQR and Bruce (Kedge)

Navigation Equipment

Raymarine ST60 wind, log and depth (2014)
Furuno chartplotter GP27 GPS (2017) with two C-Maps:
i. Indian Ocean, and
ii. Southern Africa up to 100 South latitude, including Madagascar, Comoros and Mauritius
ICOM IC-M80 VHF Marine

Engine(s)

Beta Marine BF2803 62 bhp (2005) – approx. 1700 hours
Use of diesel is 3.0 – 3.5 l / hr @1800 rpm
Fuel capacity 470 liter
Darglow Featherstream three-blade feathering prop (2010)

Sails & Spars

Rig:
Sloop
Stainless steel rigging (replaced 2002)
Spinnaker pole
Selden spars
Profurl roller furling
Baton car system fitted to main mast

Sails:
Ullman Sails mainsail (2018) (33.9 m2; 9 oz Dacron; three reefs and three battens) with stack pack
Ullman Sails roller furling genoa (2018) (130%; 42.4 m2; 8 oz Dacron; foam luff flattener; UV cover)
Old asymmetrical spinnaker and old spinnaker

Winches:
11 x Lewmar winches – the primates being 52’s

Safety Equipment

Four-man Viking liferaft (needs servicing)
Safety equipment as per the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA)
Bosun’s chair
Two electric and one manual bilge pumps
Aquila was last hauled in October 2019

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